Word
pronounce
Phoneticspro·nounce
US/pɹəˈnaʊns/
UK/pɹənˈaʊns/
Definition
v. to give a strong or expert opinion about a situation.
v. to pass judgment or express an authoritative opinion on a matter.
Examples
“How do you pronounce your last name?”
“The teacher asked the students to listen carefully and then pronounce the new vocabulary words together.”
“Even though she had lived in the city for a decade, she still found it difficult to pronounce certain local street names correctly without a slight accent.”
Examples
simple
“How do you pronounce your last name?”
contextual
“The teacher asked the students to listen carefully and then pronounce the new vocabulary words together.”
complex
“Even though she had lived in the city for a decade, she still found it difficult to pronounce certain local street names correctly without a slight accent.”
Etymology
Recorded since c.1330 as Middle English pronouncen (“to utter, declare officially”), from Old French prononcier, from Latin prōnūntiō, itself from prō- (“forth, out, in public”) + nūntiō (“to announce”) from nūntius (“messenger”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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